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The Creation of the World
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In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was b without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, c “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. Actual Type Size And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he 1 Or
called Night. And there w morning, the first day. 6 And God said, d “Let the midst of the waters waters from the waters expanse and e separate under the expanse from f above the expanse. An called the expanse Heav ning and there was morn 9 And God said, g “Le
a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15,
The ESV Student Study Bible is ideally suited for students who are serious about God’s Word—who 1:1–11:26 Primeval History. Genesis 1–11 surveys the history of want to learn more about what the Bible teaches and how the Bible applies to all of life. the world before Abraham, while chs. 12–50 focus on one main family. There are no real parallels to chs. 12–50 in the literature
of other ancientnew civilizations. However, other ancient stories do With 16,000 clear, concise study notes, the ESV Student Study Bible provides numerous features— exist about both creation and the flood. These stories stand in including 1,000 “Did You Know?” facts, more than 100 new Bible character profiles, and 15 new topical sharp contrast to the biblical account. Generally they depict creation and as a great struggle, often involving conflict between the articles. It also features a new glossary of key terms, more than 80 full-color maps illustrations, an gods. For example, they claim that the flood was sent because extensive concordance, and 80,000 cross-references. These and many other features make it the most the gods could not stand the noise made by human beings but unableschool to control and it in any other way. Genesis disproves comprehensive, colorful, and content-rich student Bible available today. Suited were to high colsuch stories by its teachings. There is only one God, whose word lege students, the ESV Student Study Bible is also a versatile resource for anyone engaged in serious is almighty. He spoke the world into being. The sun and moon are not gods in their own right but are created by the one God. It study of God’s Word. is human sin that prompts the flood. These principles in Genesis 1–11 run through the rest of Scripture.
Created by an outstanding team of more than 100 evangelical Christian scholars, teachers, and pastors, the ESV Student Study Bible is adapted from the highly acclaimed and best-selling ESVCreation Studyand Bible. 1:1–2:3 God’s Ordering of Heaven and Earth. The book of Genesis with a majestic description of how God creWith numerous new features, the ESV Student Study Bible is an invaluable resource. Foropens high school ated the heavens and earth and then put everything in order so that it and college students, but equally for all students of the Bible—for everyone who read place. and God assigns humanity to govern the mightloves become to his dwelling other creatures on his behalf, so that the whole earth should become learn more about God’s Word. the temple of God, the place of his presence, displaying his glory.
1:1 In the beginning. The opening verse of the Genesis creation account can be taken as either (1) a summary of the entire process of creation or (2) a description of the first event in creation. This event would have occurred sometime before the first day (vv. 3–5), and would have included the creation of matter, space, and time. This second view emphasizes the fact that God created the universe from nothing (compare Heb. 11:3). God created. The Hebrew word for God, ’Elohim, is plural, possibly to express God’s majesty, but the verb “created” is singular, indicating that God is one being. In contrast to other ancient Near Eastern accounts of creation, Genesis always emphasizes that there is only one God. Whenever the Hebrew verb for “create” occurs in the OT, God is the subject. Heavens and the earth here means “everything.” Thus, “in the beginning” refers to the beginning of everything. The text indicates that God created everything in the universe, which means that he created it out of nothing. 1:2 Before the first actual day of creation (vv. 3–5), the earth was without form and void (compare Jer. 4:23), implying that it lacked
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suggests that something was abou think that a long time elapsed bet 1:3–5 And God said. God’s absolu speaks and things are created. E duced by God’s speaking. Everyth good (vv. 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31). arranged time in a weekly cycle (D working for six days and resting for human activity. Day 4 will deve placed in the heavens for signs an years and the times of the festiva time having a structure is further e creative work is separated into s and there was morning, the first an evening and then a morning, (the worker’s daily time of rest) i ch. 1 into six distinctive workdays God’s Sabbath. On the first three d that the creatures of days 4–6 w and sky (day 2) are occupied by days can be understood as days in relate to human days is more diffi 1:6–8 As light was separated from rated to form an expanse, which find a single English word that accu ing of this Hebrew term (see esv fo what humans see above them, tha heavenly lights (vv. 14–17) and bir 1:9–13 God organizes two furthe Earth; and the waters, forming S
CROSS REFERENCES: CHAPTER 1 1a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 13